History's Disappearing Woman

The brave, iconoclastic Lee Miller was many things-model, muse, artist, and more. Yet the more she pushed herself, the higher the price she paid.
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[@Swelte]

I'm captivated by her story. What an extraordinary woman she was. Happy International Women's Day everyone!

[@Factinate]

We're thrilled that you found inspiration in her story. Happy International Women's Day to you too!

[@PhDrSeuss]

Thanks and you have a great weekend😊

[@sandrabast7080]

Why have I never heard of this woman before? She was before her time! I also appreciate that she didn’t let the abuse of her childhood hold her back.

[@SB-mm9zh]

Because, as always, women are airbrushed out of history. Just like the beautiful actress Hedy Lamarr who we can all thank for her scientific discoveries which are now the basis of our mobile/cell phones. Her ideas were stolen from her too and she died a poor woman.

[@Marlene55M]

Same reason you (like most of us) haven't heard of legions of other women ahead of their time. They were all sent into oblivion by male HIStorians.

[@maromaro7765]

@@Marlene55M They can't teach us everything in school. Our interest in knowledge must come first.

[@Marlene55M]

@@maromaro7765 "Our interest"? Whose interest? And pls define "knowledge".

[@NeyooxetuseiDreamer]

Obviously, her father was a pedo and sexually molested her as a child. In college photography classes I was never taught about Lee Miller or any other woman photographer since the turn of the century. My peers and I admired our own peer photograhers lke Cyndy Sherman in the art scene like many other women our age. 50% of straight men's drama is somehow involved and linked with their freakish control actions in relationship, which destroys relationships with independent women. From (2500 BCE - 1980 CE) all women were left out or subjugate which means to bring something or someone under complete control or subjection, to conquer, or to master. Socially men controlled her at every angle by men in government, religion, sciences, businesses, the home, social constructs, the arts, her entire life. This started to change in the 50s and 80s, it was time. Today there is a lot of freedom for independent archetypes of women, and they choose not to marry or get divorced 10 years later because of these 2500-year problems with men.

[@MissPrudence100]

I’m stunned that Vogue made such a brave move to publish those photos

[@user-vp1eq9oy5z]

❤❤❤WHY HAS NO.ONE MADE A FILM OF THIS BEAUTIFUL AMAZING WONDERFUL LADY. THANKYOU FOR LETTING ME SEE THIS VIDEO. BLESS HER SON.❤❤❤❤

[@allisonlew4508]

Someone said that Kate Winslet made a movie about her called: Lee.

[@Teresia12]

She was brave from her childhood on. It culminated during WWII. A woman in the 1930s didn't just go off on her own like did. Her accomplishments are amazing. She was amazing.

[@clickha]

This story would make a great movie. Well done 👏

[@juliashort8639]

There is one starring Kate Winslet. It’s called Lee.

[@clickha]

thanks I'll check it out!@@juliashort8639

[@debracollier5453]

I’ve never even heard of this woman, and I’m in my 60’s. What an incredible life she lived on her own terms.

[@johnk8825]

Lee wasn't just talented and beautiful, she was a hero for how she covered the war from the front lines. Though she had an often troubled journey through life, she was a mother of which her son can be proud.

[@jckelsey]

It’s a great story . She was a very resilient person. I’m glad her son redeemed her name as the true talent she was.

[@colleenstevens5121]

These are the stories I wish were made into movies. These stories show the strength and resilience of those before us who fought wars for freedom. Our history, in a whole, needs to be preserved, and there are hundreds of stories out there that need to be told. There are a lot of important people out there that have just as great stories that should be told. I wish the film industry would make movies of these stories other than the remakes of remakes of the same movies.

[@This-Is-My-Little-Corner]

Right? We don’t need or want the lies, the embellishments of Hollywood. We want real stories like this - no push up bra needed.

[@natalieussery4294]

I just happened across this article about Lee Miller. I did not know who she was….. but now I will never forget who she was. There are so many twists and turns in our lives that we have no idea where they might lead. She did extraordinary things with her life and unfortunately men in particular tried to take her accomplishments or talent and beauty for their benefit! Lee was unremarkably strong, but war can change a person’s inner self until they think there is no recourse. Fortunately, my own children saved me from making those types of choices. I wish Lee would have considered her relationship with her son. Drinking only leads to despair and its damage is long lasting….if not never-ending. PS Her father was a creep! This kind of stuff makes me sick to my stomach! Fathers are supposed to protect and guide and love their children!!!!! Anthony has a mother to treasure in his heart and he can draw strength from her legacy.

[@nobodymatters3294]

She was a hell of a survivor. What a woman!

[@windycitykitty]

While browsing at a charity resale shop, I purchased a 5 foot framed exhibition print of Man Ray's "The Lovers" . I have looked at it every day for over 20 years - and although I am a Man Ray fan, just now I learned- thanks to you- that those lips belonged to Lee Miller. Great video, thank you!

[@sarahalbers5555]

Wow!! What a great catch. I bet that's worth something.

[@windycitykitty]

It'a a great lithograph - it's priceless to me. One of the first things I bought for my new home when I got divorced and moved to a new city. It is part of my history now. :)@@sarahalbers5555

[@gazelledonald714]

@naughtysomeone:: Lee was born someone, she was always “SOMEONE.” Ones entire life counts, as an important element of the total sum of a person’s being. It is not just the glory portion of a person’s life that makes them “someone.”

[@edgarsnake2857]

Amazing story. Some people are simply 'bigger' than the rest of us. Well done.

[@annewilliamson4831]

What a brave and fascinating woman! Thank you for sharing her story.

[@Factinate]

She really was. Glad you enjoyed it!

[@Tantejuju65]

So many amazing women, and their stories are never told. So glad her story was.

[@peterunderdown4374]

As an artist,i already knew of lee miller,thank you,photography never gets its due,especially from this time.

[@blazefairchild465]

Man Ray the creepiest ever,creep. Poor Miller after her father ,she was a beautiful woman in an age that men tried to own . She was a strong woman who was able to support herself that was almost unheard of during this time. It is wonderful that her son found all his mothers photos & preserved them & shares them with the world. Most important to me is the son was able to find photos of his mother smiling during her prewar years. It’s very hard to be an only child and then also a alcoholic mom with a grandparents in the US that you can’t vist.

[@donnadees1971]

Just the fact that she MADE IT alive.

[@user-fq8rs7rz3i]

Yes, amazing.

[@leaperdomo1703]

It proves to me that you can have nerves of steel and when you are in the middle of a war there is no shelter to be had. You deeply live the events around you. Lee Miller is a wonderful example of a true artist.

[@claredelamer7940]

Everything about Lee Miller is absolutely fascinating. The photos she took at the liberation of the Nazi Death Camps are horrific + stunning.

[@spacecowgurl57]

That her son was a diligent as his mother and knew she wanted her whole real story told.😢

[@naughtyskyline]

Her son had the power to look beyond the sad shell of his mother and realised that she too must have been someone once

[@SB-mm9zh]

Having done a course in black and white photography in Dublin (Ireland) about 15 years ago (not digital photography and old way of doing it), I learnt about Lee Miller and was lucky enough to attend an exhibition they put on of her work. Extraordinary lady and so beautiful.

[@allysonlewis1576]

What a remarkable woman. To go into the most dangerous places during the war when most people would run for the hills shows such bravery and commitment to show the world exactly what was going on. What an amazing lady.

[@sarahalbers5555]

She really is stunning. Great background info, especially about Man Ray.

[@sandrazaleski4373]

I have never heard of this extraordinary woman. Thank you for enlightening me. Truly interesting.

[@avs4365]

Incredible resilience and skill. Picasso was a friend and stayed at her home in East Sussex - it is well worth a visit if you can -- and her son's book containing her photos is a brilliant print that heightens her work. Believe there is a film out there called Lee but it hasn't got much publicity.

[@JoanTarpley-hx9sh]

Kate Winslet stars.

[@sharonlegnon7411]

WOW!!!!!!!! Totally a WOW!!!! Fortitude beyond imagination. Why isn't she known to the world???

[@LoveApple2]

Nicely moderated, pleasant and clear- quite a brave woman

[@CQ-369]

Excellent true story of a fascinating life. I'd heard of Ms.Miller before, as a journalist but never her full background.

[@bettinahooper5344]

While I enjoy ‘Facinate’, this is the most fascinating story yet. I want to know more about this unique and remarkable figure of the 20th century! WELL DONE!

[@Pippins666]

I have known about Lee Miller and her remarkable story for decades. What i didn't know was that she lived half her life not far from my home in Hastings, or even closer to my aunt's house in Hailsham, or the hospital where my grandmother died in Hellingly

[@sans8888]

I am glad to know this story. Thank you✌️

[@Factinate]

Of course ✌️

[@robert-trading-as-Bob69]

Smoking in Hitlers bed... Hitler HATED smoking! Lee Miller was a strong woman at a time when women were not supposed to be strong. She broke the status quo. The tragedy is that if she admitted to having nightmares, people would say: "oh, she's just a typical woman", not realizing that the men who survived the war were going through the same problems.

[@DayByeDayChristine]

Thank you for this incredible true story ❤️

[@carolynwilson3861]

Do a movie on her life she is amazing her story needs to be told and seen.

[@kathyo9420]

Actually, for those asking, there was a film made last year with Kate Winslet.

[@susiedupuy9532]

What an amazing woman.

[@Brian-uy2tj]

Having had a father that was so unaware of a childs boundaries, using her for his own perverse needs and then placing her in a position where she was molested set her on her journey. I guess she made the best of it but I think many of her exploits during the war were self destructive if not out right suicidal.

[@sarahalbers5555]

My parents grew up in London during WW2. It was like Armageddon.

[@bc2578]

Better London than Dresden. That was the real holocaust.

[@lisamclane8184]

This was absolutely fascinating. What an extraordinary woman !

[@cbliss]

What an amazing son. He shared the best of his mother.

[@michaelwatson4339]

This is extremely interesting I definitely have an interest in her photographs of WW II. Especially those that weren't able to be shown here.

[@dianerozas8598]

Thank you for this short doc on Lee Miller.

[@mahatchiko602]

Wow what an amazing woman. Her work is still today , a rarer Dokumentation of her time. An icon in Fotografie and really brave to show it all. ❤❤❤

[@harley6222]

What an extraordinary story. Well done.

[@chipcook5346]

It's that she did not collapse as a victim of the grim things that happened to her when she was a child and then demand attention and reparations I have a lot of respect for the "I'll show you" mentality because I'm not good at it.

[@BigMama61]

What a terrible childhood this is the 1st time I have heard of her amazing woman

[@selecttravelvacations7472]

Her childhood doesn’t sound so terrible. Dad took naked pics, thats all we know. It doesn’t mean he was molesting her or seeing it as anything other than artistic. People did this then. Babies and toddlers naked on bear skin rugs was a big thing then and continued into the early 1970’s. It really is possible he simply saw the photos as beautiful and artistic and never touched his daughter or had a pedo thought towards her. It sounds like she had a really good childhood actually.

[@maromaro7765]

@@selecttravelvacations7472 nice explanation 👌in fact, she had the privilege of having such an artistic father

[@mrs.h7171]

Her son was a survivor, too, just like his mother. To take a tragic childhood and still honor his mother takes major resiliance.

[@gabriellebernard198]

Sh has what you called an Art Deco Face!

[@Aljobritt]

Thank you for making the video!

[@cindys6468]

Her bravery during WWII.

[@dsantamaria713]

She really was quite beautiful...

[@kristinamiller8369]

Her bravery!

[@missmaggie2620]

This woman had some cojones, sleeping in Hitler's bed. George Hodel was a suspect in the murder of Elizabeth Short known as The Black Dahlia. They stated (Hodel who knew & hung out with Man Ray,) that suspicions came up about how The Dahlia's lips were cut exactly like the artwork of Man Ray's lips, not the lips in this video but other lips that had cuts from ear to ear. I believe it was a black & white piece. Hodel was quite the educated freak & a surgeon, but he was fascinated with Man Ray & Hodel had the lips cut from side to side picture in his home. Police officers in their investigations, went into a deep dive regarding Hodel, he had some bizarre past history that the police were aware of. But Hodel had a lot of money & influence. Even Hodels son who is or was a retired police detective thinks his father is guilty. Interesting how the world spins & our random bizarre connections.

[@ninedaysjane2466]

He was never a suspect.

[@carolmanning8367]

What a disgrace as a father, A SAILOR, SURE, POOR CHILD BUT SHE HAD AN INTERESTING LIFE.

[@suziecharles8933]

What a lady ❤🙏🏻⚘️. My mum was a 'Miller' ❤🙏🏻⚘️

[@africadreamin]

To me, it's strange how some people seemed marked out to lead extraordinary lives and how people either gravitate to them or are caught up in their charisma, a life to celebrate.

[@ivonnehermkens7432]

Her bravery to face all what life throwed her way.

[@KC-gy5xw]

That profile, that face!! WHAT a woman! PTSD on so many levels, but I'm glad she's known about now.

[@user-dp7gu1zf8s]

My new hero. I really needed one too. What a brilliant life.

[@IntrepidFraidyCat]

WOW! I am truly blown away by this video. Her WWII era is fascinating. The photos of her in Hitler's apartment....I'm surprised that I've never seen them before now.

[@KarmicSalt]

incredible woman

[@juliadoherty83]

Incredibly brave lady. Without doubt, a damaged human being, but, a trailblazer through and through.Beautiful yes, but more so brave.

[@geinikan1kan]

I didn’t know about this person. I am most moved by her humanity.

[@ckaydw]

I can’t believe how brave she was. I could never do the things she did during the war. Amazing

[@deborahwatson2432]

Fascinating story!

[@ruth_southernstar]

I've never heard of this woman. I am so glad her son resurrected her work

[@maxb4074]

When life gives you lemons you must make lemonade

[@dawnsalois]

Thank you for this post.

[@Alicja1Fenigsen]

a story not only great, but necessary... Thank You!

[@jasonjohnson1690]

Very interesting. Thank you.

[@amandasteele6443]

Now this is a role model way ahead of her time

[@meoohmy3231]

This was wonderful!…Thank you 🤩

[@Factinate]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@janrossetti3571]

What an amazing and incredibly brave woman

[@bs-hl2ir]

How there's no movie about her? She's amazing.

[@cmclaren7]

I hope someone, someone with lots of talent will write her story in a book that will be made into a movie that Kate Blanchett will star in.

[@primesspct2]

Powerful woman. When trauma befalls you young , you learn to turn off your emotions. You steel yourself against anything that can hurt you. I dare say that she couldn't have done the powerful work during the war, if she had not struggled during her formative years. Her downward spiral may have been her physical illness all along, and she self medicated. However, anyone seeing those horrors would be effected. Especially back then. People never saw images like this. Now its a mouse click away. Do you think that makes people growing up during this time more sensitive to real violence, or less sensitive? Are we more apathetic now that we are more informed, or are we more empathetic? Sympathetic even? Do we want to help end suffering, and desire to work towards that? The only thing else to do, is turn your back, which will it be?

[@mmme9671]

Her bravery during the war and her talent.

[@annefuller7936]

Like Margaret Bourke White, she photographed the war well. Great piece❤

[@barbarataylor4893]

An amazing life and story.

[@nancysmith4848]

Excellent

[@peggyjaeger9280]

She saw and photographed the most horrible and disturbing things you could imagine. If an exhibition of her photographs comes anywhere near your town, go and see it!

[@sans8888]

All of it‼️

[@pambray9929]

What a incredible woman

[@rae717]

Fascinating.

[@lydialostaunau79]

Lee Miller was courageous and beautiful

[@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace]

This was really good. I've always found her fascinating but the bios I've read focus on her decline for some reason. Man Ray was twisted person, but I didn't know that he might have become that way after Lee left him. I love her in Blood of a Poet by Jean Cocteau.

[@gabbysch2625]

She lived a very full life. Amazing.

[@danielamariafazio1091]

Ha visto la fine di sua madre e l'ha riportata in vita ❤

[@lindahughes2289]

She LIVED ! RIP LADY

[@truecynic1270]

Perfect nose. Engaging video. Thank you!

[@ginadoughty6950]

She was “used” to being in front of the camera poor gal I’m so glad she took the world by the balls 😎

[@bs-hl2ir]

She looks like she belonged in 80s or 90s. Very modern woman.

[@allisonlew4508]

Really beautiful!

[@bethelshiloh]

What I would like most to see from her is her photos from the war

[@humanthetooth]

Great video, but i didnt feel the "reveal" connected to the intro and thumbnail the way the other videos usually do. What was "horrifying" about her history that wasnt already known? She experienced the horrors of war, but was a well known published war photographer. I wish the story elaborated more about what content was "discovered" and what wasn't already in her body of work.

[@arlettasloan6453]

Do you see something wrong here? The contents of what could freely be shown in a women's - not news- magazine in the 1940's, which was a very more morally strict time in many ways, cannot be shown on KZbin? That's weird.

[@terireed3740]

I've heard the name " Lee Miller" but had no face nor background to go with it. I always enjoy learning about the lives and passions of strong women. I believe that all of us sisters are strong women, we have a strength that is just baked into our core makeup as a woman. Some of us tap that strength early and apply it to every aspect of our life. Some of us have no idea of just how strong we are as women until it's necessary. Think about it.. why do you suppose we're the child bearers?